4oJ [Sept. 6, 



Stated Meeting^ September 6, 1889. 



Present, 2 members. 



Dr. Horn in the Chair. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : Letters accept- 

 ing membership from Andrew A. Blair (May 21, 1889), Henry 

 D. Gregory (May 20, 1889), Philadelphia ; Lester F. Ward 

 (June 1, 1889), Washington, D. C. ; Paul Hunfalvy (May 10, 

 1889), Buda-Pesth. 



Circular from Eoyal Society, New South Wales, announcing 

 premiums for 1889, 1890 and 1891. 



Circular from Gen. C. W. Darling, Utica, N. Y., in reference 

 to a projected work on " The more Important Versions of the 

 Bible." 



Circular from Dr. R. H. Lamborn, New York City, N. Y., 

 in reference to the destruction of mosquitoes and houseflies by 

 artificial propagation of the dragon fly. 



Circular from Rothery, Davis & Co., Philadelphia, offering 

 for sale a collection of antique pottery. 



Letter from Prof. Steiner, Darmstadt, in reference to Pasilen- 

 gua and the proposed Congress to be called by the American 

 Philosophical Society. 



A letter from the Anthropological Society, Washington, 

 requesting exchanges, which was so ordered. 



A letter from the President of the Society reporting the 

 appointment of Dr. Hays to prepare the obituary notice of 

 Dr. Gross, and enclosing his acceptance of the same. 



A letter from Mr. Robert Patterson in reference to the obit- 

 uary notice of Franklin Peale, read by himself before the So- 

 ciety, December 16, 1870 (Proceedings, xi, 597). 



Letters of envoy were received from the Institut Egyptien, 

 Cairo, Egypt ; Mining Department, Melbourne, Victoria ; 

 Royal Society of New South Wales, Sydney, N. S. W. ; Sur- 

 vey of India, Calcutta, India ; Observatoire Physique Cen- 

 tral, St. Petersburg, Russia ; Naturforschende Verein, Briinn, 



